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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context In 2018, 63.1% Setting The North of Lanaudière University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) Intervention Upon referral from their family doctor, patients attend a group course on nutrition and metabolic health. Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. Although the evidence-based messaging strategy “Undetectable=Untransmittable” (U = U) can help reduce stigma and encourage Black women with HIV to engage in their care, it is underused. Of the 669 participants, the mean age from studies was 45.4

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Mazie: Yes.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? Weren’t those the days? Emmy: Yeah.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Eric: So you both published a paper in JAGS, what, 2018, ’19 looking at what happens to people? So one of the big pieces of this is that idea of a referral at a second time when they’re less overwhelmed and stressed to figure out what happened. We do that in medicine all the time.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. So prior to the new criteria that were proposed in 2018, the criteria were the presence of amyloid in tau was the definition of Alzheimer’s disease. So we’re talking about primary care and so I’m a little bit biased here. Nate 24:42 Well, no.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. Michele: The article was 2018, but I think Bonnie read the article more recently. Eric: How long ago was this? Alex: A few years back.

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